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LEE, GEORGE HENRY, 3rd EARL OF LICHFIELD, eldest son of George Henry Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, and Frances, dau. of Sir John Hales, Bart., and half-sister of James Hales (qv); b. 21 May 1718; adm. Feb 1727/8; spoke his verses in College Hall at the Westminster Feast of 1734/5 “extremely well” (HMC Report ix, appendix ii, 465); left 1735; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jan 1735/6; MA 14 Feb 1737/8; DCL 25 Aug 1743 and by diploma 27 Sep 1762; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; MP Oxfordshire Feb 1739/40 – 13 Feb 1742/3; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Lichfield 13 Feb 1742/3; a Lord of the Bedchamber 11 Dec 1760 – Jul 1762, Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners from 17 Jul 1762; Privy Councillor 14 Jul 1762; High Steward, Oxford Univ. 1760-2, Chancellor from 1762; founded by bequest the Lichfield Clinical Professorship, Oxford Univ.; member, Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; DL Oxfordshire 1763; FSA 26 Nov 1767; m. 16 Jan 1744/5 Dinah, dau. of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. MP; d. 19 Sep 1772. DNB.

LEMON, ---; b.; in school lists 1764; left Dec 1764. [Probably = Sir William Lemon, Bart. (1748-1824), who matr. from Christ Church, Oxford 11 Jan 1765, MP Penrhyn Jan 1770-4, Cornwall from 1774, d. 18 Dec 1824, father of next].

LESLIE, CHARLES ALBERT, son of Rev. Henry Leslie LLD, Prebendary of Armagh, and Catherine, dau. of Very Rev. Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert; b. 23 May 1765; adm. 8 May 1775; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 22 Jul 1782, aged 17; BA 1786; of Ballybay, co. Monaghan; m. 1 Jul 1799 Ellen, youngest dau. of Richard Magenis MP (I), Waringstown, co. Down [and sister of Richard Magenis (qv), if he correctly identified]; d. 14 Jun 1838.

LOCKWOOD, EDWARD, son of Richard Lockwood (b. 1672, qv); b. 6 Jan 1720; adm. Apr 1727; left 1733; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Feb 1736/7; BA 1740; MA (from All Souls Coll. ) 1744; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 10 Mar 1744/5, priest (Rochester) 9 Jun 1745; Rector of Skinnand, Lincs., 4 May 1749 – res Jun 1752 [check parish]; Rector of Hanwell, Oxfordshire, from 31 Mar 1750; Rector of St. Peter’s, Northampton, from 1750; Brother of St. Katherine’s Hospital 30 May 1750; m. 1st, 29 Aug 1752 Lucy, dau. of William Dowdeswell (QS 1703, qv); m. 2nd, 23 Feb 1770 Elizabeth, only dau. of Joseph Percival, Stapleton, Gloucs.; m. 3rd, 3 Nov 1772 Judith, widow of Sir John Rous, Bart., MP (and mother of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke, qv), and dau. of John Bedingfield, Beeston, Notts; d. 22 Jan 1802.

LOCKWOOD, RICHARD, younger son of Richard Lockwood, Gayton, Northants, and and Susannah, only dau. of Edward Cutts, Maldon, Essex; b. 1672; adm. (name up School, with date 1684); a Turkey merchant; director, Royal Exchange Assurance 1720, Deputy Governor 1732; Assistant, Royal African Co. 1720; perhaps Gentleman of Privy Chamber to Queen Anne [check]; MP Hindon 1713-5, London 1722-7, Worcester 1734-41; purchased Dews Hall estate, Essex 1735; m. Matilda, dau. of George Vernon, Sudbury, Derbs.; d. 30 Aug 1756, aged 80. [The statement that he was educated at the School seems to rest solely on the appearance of his name with the date 1684 on what was in 1926 a recently painted family list up School]]

LOWTHER, SIR JOHN, BART., brother of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (qv); b. 1 Apr 1759; at Felsted Sch. 1769-71; adm. 26 Mar 1771; left Whitsun 1773; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1776, scholar 1778, Browne Medal for Latin Ode 1778, Members’ Prize 1781; BA 1780; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 31 Oct 1780; Grand Tour (Italy) 1784-5; MP Cockermouth 1780 – Mar 1786, Carlisle 10 Apr – 31 May 1786, Haslemere 13 Jun 1786-90, Cumberland 1796-1831; created baronet 3 Nov 1824; m. 4 Sep 1790 Lady Elizabeth Fane, dau. of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv) and his second wife; d. 11 May 1844.

LYGON, HENRY BEAUCHAMP, 4TH EARL BEAUCHAMP, brother of William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); b. 5 Jun 1784; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1803; Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 12 Jul 1803; Lieut., 24 May 1804; Capt., 50th Foot 20 Jan 1807; 16th Light Dragoons 14 Feb 1807; Maj., 19 May 1812; Lieut. -Col., 1st Life Guards 16 Sep 1815; Col., 24 Mar 1822; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; served in Peninsular War and wounded at battle of Busaco 27 Sep 1810; MP (Tory/Conservative) Worcestershire 5 Dec 1816-31, West Worcestershire 1832 – 22 Jan 1853; succ. brother as 4th Earl Beauchamp 22 Jan 1853; DL Worcestershire 1832; m. 8 Jul 1824 Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, sister of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans (qv); d. 8 Sep 1863.

MAGENNIS, RICHARD; b.; adm. 15 Sep 1778. [Perhaps Richard Magenis, eldest son of Richard Magenis MP (I), Waringstown, co. Down, Ireland, Clerk of Ordnance (I), and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Col. William Berkeley; b. c. 1763; MP (I) Enniskillen 1790-7; Collector, Cavan 1797-1801; Commissioner of Accounts (I) 1800-12; MP Enniskillen 1812 – 29 Jan 1828; of Chanter Hill, near Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh; Lieut. -Col., Fermanagh Militia 23 Jul 1803 (still 1808); m. 1st, 6 Sep 1788 Lady Elizabeth Anne Cole, dau. of William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (I); m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1815 Elizabeth, widow of Col. George Dashwood [check regt. ], and dau. of James Callender (afterwards Sir James Campbell, Bart. ), Craigforth, Stirlingshire; d. 6 Mar 1831]. [perhaps Cornet, 13th Dragoons 29 Jun 1780]

MASHAM, SAMUEL, 2ND BARON MASHAM, second son of Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham, courtier, and Abigail Hill, Bedchamber Woman and Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Anne, elder dau. of Francis Hill, London, Levant merchant; b. Nov 1712; adm. Jun 1721; in school list 1729; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1729, aged 17; [perhaps Groom of Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales 4 Dec 1739-51]; returned with two others as MP Droitwich 1747, but his name was erased by order of House of Commons 9 Dec 1747; Auditor-Gen. of the Household to George III when Prince of Wales; succ. father as 2nd Baron Masham 16 Oct 1758; King’s Remembrancer in Exchequer from 10 Nov 1758; granted pension of £1, 000 p. a. Jan 1761; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 27 Mar 1762; m. 1st, 16 Oct 1736 Harriet, sister of Thomas Winnington (qv); m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1762 Charlotte Dive, Maid of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, dau. of John Dive, Queen Square, Westminster, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer; d. 14 Jun 1776. DNB s. v. Abigail Masham, Lady Masham.

MILLS, GEORGE; b.; adm. 6 Feb 1775. [Perhaps George Galway Mills, son of Peter Matthew Mills (qv); b. 22 Oct 1765; MP Wallingford 8 Feb 1804-6, Mitchell 1807 – Jan 1808, Winchelsea 1818-20; d. 14 Feb 1828].